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You shall not only while yet I live show me the lovingkindness of Yahweh, that I not die;
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but also you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever; no, not when Yahweh has cut off the enemies of David everyone from the surface of the earth.
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So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, [saying], Yahweh will require it at the hand of David`s enemies.
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Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.